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American  Baptist  Foreign  Mission  Society 
Ford  Building  Boston,  Mass. 


FOREIGN  FIELD  FACTS 

IN  THE  WORK  OF  THE 

AMERICAN  BAPTIST  FOREIGN  MISSION  SOCIETY 


Micclnn<s  Ten  missions  are  maintained  by  the  Society  which  are  located  in  Burma,  Assam,  South 
1  India,  Bengal-Orissa,  South  China,  East  China,  West  China,  Japan,  Belgian  Congo  and  the 

Philippine  Islands.  The  Society  also  assists  the  work  of  the  Baptists  in  Europe.  The  work  in  these 
ten  missions  is  carried  on  in  126  stations  and  2,905  out-stations. 

Missionaries  The  missionaries  number  712  (including  those  of  the  Woman’s  Society)  and  among 
them  are  ordained  ministers,  physicians,  teachers,  industrial  directors,  agricultural 
experts,  business  managers,  printers  and  one  sea  captain.  These  are  assisted  by  6,054  native  workers, 
in  addition  to  2,480  workers  in  Europe. 

Fvantfelism  In  1914  on  all  fields  14,590  converts  were  baptized.  During  the  101  years  of  missionary 
~L'va  ^  ° —  endeavor,  317,790  converts  have  been  baptized  in  non-Christian  lands,  and  282,151 
in  Europe,  a  total  of  599,941  baptisms.  In  non-Christian  lands  172,778  church  members  are  enrolled 
in  1,646  regular,  organized. Baptist  churches  of  which  873  or  fifty-three  per  cent,  are  self-supporting. 

Medical  Work  Twenty-six  hospitals  and  sixty  dispensaries  are  supported  by  the  Society.  These 

i _ _ _  eighty-six  agencies  for  healing  are  in  charge  of  fifty-four  medical  missionaries, 

assisted  by  138  native  nurses  and  other  helpers.  More  than  126,000  patients  received  medical  and 
surgical  treatment  during  the  past  year. 


Fdiiration  The  educational  work  is  conducted  in  five  colleges,  twenty-nine  theological  seminaries 

L,UULa _  and  training  schools,  and  2,378  schools  of  all  grades,  with  a  total  enrolment  of  over  81,000 

pupils.  More  than  85,000  pupils  receive  religious  instruction  in  2,177  Sunday  Schools.  The  missionaries 
have  translated  the  Bible,  in  whole  or  in  part,  into  over  thirty  dialects  and  languages.  Three  printing 
and  publication  plants  are  connected  with  the  Society  where  Bibles,  periodicals,  hymn-books,  text¬ 
books  and  other  literature  are  printed. 


During  the  first  year  of  organized  missionary  effort  101  years  ago 
the  total  receipts  for  foreign  missions  were  $1,059.  For  the  fiscal 
year  ending  March  31,  1915,  the  total  receipts  amounted  to  $1,181,422  of  which  $1,023,343  came  from 
churches,  Sunday  schools,  young  people’s  societies  and  individuals,  including  the  Woman’s  Societies, 
and  the  remainder  from  legacies  and  interest  on  permanent  funds. 

This  great  missionary  endeavor  is  not  that  of  the  Society,  but  of  the 

_ Baptist  churches  in  the  territory  of  the  Northern  Baptist  Convention.  It  is 

the  work  of  every  individual  Baptist,  who  aids  it  by  prayer  and  supports  it  by  contributions.  The  Society 
is  merely  the  agent  of  the  denomination  in  advancing  the  Kingdom  of  God  throughout  the  world. 


Financial  Development 


The  Responsibility 


pOR  additional  literature  or 
other  information  regarding 
the  work  of  the  American  Baptist 
Foreign  Mission  Society,  write 
to  any  of  the  following :  — 

The  nearest  District  Secretary. 
Department  of  Missionary 
Education,  23  East  26th 
Street,  New  York  City. 
Literature  Department,  Box  41, 
Boston,  Mass. 


1112-15m-lit  Ed, -9-7-1915 


